Bug 359227 – Samsung R510 notebook fails loading the kernel without acpi=off

• Product: Gentoo Release Media
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-16 22:49:41 UTC]

Using the gentoo minimal installation CD 2011-03-03, kernel automatically reboots during the step (which I can't read because it disappears too fast) after saying "loading firmware". Problem disappears loading the kernel with the option acpi=off, but I don't understand why.

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2011-03-16 22:55:39 UTC]

do not add yourself arch team please

[Comment 2 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2011-03-17 00:32:51 UTC]

Please add a comment to this bug report the output of lspci -vv.

[Comment 3 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-18 21:13:58 UTC]

I'm sorry for being late but now I have no access to the ssh service to post the lspic -vv. I will do it as soon as possible.

I'm sorry for adding me to the arch team too, this is the first bug I report.

[Comment 4 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-19 18:55:55 UTC]

Created attachment 266555 [details]
the requested lspci -vv

[Comment 5 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2011-03-19 19:29:46 UTC]

@kernel:

any ideas?

[Comment 6 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-20 15:16:43 UTC]

I have succeeded in reading what shows before rebooting:

"not starting APM bios support "

[Comment 7 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-27 11:40:14 UTC]

i have been away for a while, is there anything new about this?

[Comment 8 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-29 19:56:02 UTC]

problem solves if instead of acpi=off I set when running the kernel the memory to 3800MiB with mem=3800m.

[Comment 9 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-03-31 19:44:51 UTC]

I have compiled a new kernel and the problem has disappeared. if I compile the kernel with genkernel and the configuration from the cd the problem appears again and solves the same way.

[Comment 10 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2011-03-31 21:23:59 UTC]

(In reply to comment #9)
> I have compiled a new kernel and the problem has disappeared. if I compile the
> kernel with genkernel and the configuration from the cd the problem appears
> again and solves the same way.

You mean that if you compile the kernel manually you don't hit this issue and that if you use genkernel with the config used for the CD you do?

[Comment 11 Emanuele Dalla Longa 2011-04-02 20:01:42 UTC]

Yeah exactly

[Comment 12 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2011-10-26 19:01:53 UTC]

Can you please test the latest CD?

[Comment 13 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2012-05-26 15:13:51 UTC]

I can't test this.